Incident Recovery
Sysplex Operations Rehearsal
Coupling facility awareness, signaling paths, and failure isolation drills for multi-LPAR environments.
- Duration
- 3 weeks · hybrid
- Format
- Hybrid
- Skill level
- Advanced
- Certification path
- Resiliency path
- Team access
- Team bundle available
- Cohort start
- 2026-10-27
Tuition reference
₩720,000
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Course lead
Evelyn Cho
Program director who stages sysplex rehearsals with external reviewers in mind.
Description
Sysplex complexity rewards teams that rehearse instead of improvising. You practice reading coupling facility states, validating signaling paths after maintenance, and isolating a troubled member without cascading outages. Scenarios assume realistic change windows and include stakeholder sign-off checkpoints. The goal is calm coordination when seconds matter.
What is included
- Three escalating sysplex fault injections with facilitator control
- Signal path diagram kit you can adapt to your topology
- Communication script for bridge calls during partial failures
- Post-incident review template emphasizing learning, not blame
- Checklist for validating coupling facility redundancy after hardware work
Outcomes
- Execute an isolation drill with documented decision points.
- Explain coupling facility risk to a non-mainframe architect.
- Capture evidence suitable for an external reviewer timeline.
Participant questions
Experience notes
“The partial failure injection mirrored a real coupling hiccup we saw last spring. Debrief format was unusually honest.”
“Heavy prerequisite reading, but worth it—the signal path diagrams finally match our live drawings.”